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Weekly Newsletter #12: Marching Towards the Third Issue

With just four days left until the release of grow, the third issue of The Burgundy Zine, time certainly keeps marching forward.

We began this week by covering the Saint Patrick’s Day celebration in Chicago and then took a closer look at wellness. Afterwards, we compared the keto and Mediterranean diets, enjoyed 15-percent off Peach Peach, got down and dirty with a few gardening guides, considered opting for beetles over beef, and learned about the Shorter AME Church’s upcoming garden project.

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Weekly Newsletter #11: What the Luck!?

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

We began this week stepping up on climate change by taking a closer look at the history of one of humanity’s most pressing issues. Then, we tuned-in for a special interview with The Carousers, took a slice out of Pi Day, and bugged out over photography.

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Weekly Newsletter #10: Week 10? Come Again!?

Welcome to week 10. We kicked things off by tuning-into Hazel by Roy Blair on Tuesday. Then, Nimrah taught us how to invest in ourselves, we took a moment to reflect on the highlights from last month, we hiked on through Central Oregon, and Sarah Winton shared her workwear essentials with us.

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Monthly Newsletter #2: WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S 65 PAGES!?

This month, we fashioned our passions in the second issue of The Burgundy Zine.

In addition to Tune-In Tuesdays, What in the World Wednesdays, and other blog content, we were honored to feature four guest writers and five interviews throughout the month.

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Weekly Newsletter #7: Love is in the Air

Love was in the air the week of Valentine’s Day. We started this week by comparing the works of Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson, tuned into Sweet Moon by Sundarta on Tuesday, ideas, took a look at what in the world was going on this Wednesday, recounted the night I met my partner, and wrapped things up with an analysis of love from a neurological perspective.

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Weekly Newsletter #6: Fashioning Passions

This week, we began fashioning posts vaguely around the zine for this month’s theme of “passion” by taking a look at the modern American dream, tuning into Lucy, dishing out date ideas, and implementing HTML page jumps on our sites.

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Weekly Newsletter #5: Rinse and Release, Rinse and Repeat

This week, The Burgundy Zine saw the release of the first zine! Woohoo. We wrapped this month up with a review of Jose Antonio Vargas’ book Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, Chamomile by atlas, and with a look at what was going on in the world.

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Monthly Newsletter #1: New Year, New Month, New Zine

This month, The Burgundy Zine celebrated the release of the first issue More Money, First Issues which centered around the theme of finance.

We also hit the ground running with regular blog posts and multiple series including Tune-In Tuesdays, What in the World Wednesdays, as well as coverage of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

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